The Ritual at Ravens Wood | A Miss Marple Mystery

An old friend's letter. A deadly village ritual. A dark secret buried in the woods. When Miss Jane Marple receives an urgent letter from an old school friend, she travels to the isolated village of Lower Ravenswood, where ancient oaks press against garden walls and ravens watch in silence. The Ravenswood Circle—seven old families—gathers every November to perform a harmless tradition at the stone circle deep in the woods. But this year, young Eleanor Hargrove collapsed during the ritual and died before dawn. The doctor called it heart failure. But the strange reddish markings on her hands told a different story: the exact symbols carved into the offering stones. What did Eleanor know? Who threatened her with blackmail? And what really happened in these same woods twenty years ago, when another young woman was found dead near the stone circle? As Miss Marple listens—to whispered rumors, to frightened servants, to a mysterious gardener who speaks to ravens—she uncovers a web of guilt, silence, and cold-blooded murder disguised as superstition. Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction inspired by the classic mystery style of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. All characters, events, locations, and organizations depicted in this story are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual events or places is purely coincidental. The story contains themes of murder, blackmail, and psychological suspense but no graphic violence or explicit content. Suitable for listeners aged 12 and above.